Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-04-29
FOREIGN.

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Goth inst.
Pere Hyacinthe l. seriously ILL., and his
| recovery is doubtful.
The Nova Scotia assembly voted again
| the bill for annexation.
The German crown prince Is suffering
with a cancer OF the tongue.
Gladstone says the question OF coercion
should he submitted To the nation.
A series OF anti coercion resolutions has
been adopted by the Ontario legislature
The whole Of the Island OF Jersey was
badly shaken by an earthquake on the 2lst
inst.
The salvation army headquarters in Lon
don, Eng, were destroyed by fire the other
night.
Several villages in the disturbe district
of Afghanistan have been completely des.
troyed 10y fire.
The Gar has abandoned his intention OF
staying in St Petersburg, because OF the
rumor of several plots against his life.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has called a
meeting to take steps toward the erection
Of n national memorial to MIR Gladstone
Primrose Day, the anniversary OF the
death of Lord Beaconsfeld, was generally
ob,erved by the conservatives on the 18th
inst.
Mr. Gladstone, in letter published, says
he does not desire general election unit
the English mind has become as ripe as the
Welsh and Scotch
Cattle freight rates betw zen Toronto
and Montreal have been advanced t. s34
per car, and shippers are negotiating for
water transportation,
The Dominion government has settled
1876 claims for wounds and diseases con
tracted during the northwest rebellion
with an expenditure of s43 $40.
a freight train went through the bridge
near Morrisburg, Ont, the other morning.
Thirteen loaded ears went into the gorge,
and were smashed to atoms. Two mea
were killed
he British government has ordered the
customs officials 10 observe a strict watch
over all ships arriving from America or
European ports with view To prevent
the landing of dynamiters.
Placard> bearing representations Of
cross bones and coffin wer, posted in Lis
towel, ireland, threatening with violence
any man who should take farm from
which tenant had been evicted.
The Prince of Wales has consented TO
act as honorary president of the Inter
national Exhibition Co be held at Me bourne
next year 10 celebrate the centennial an
niversary Of the colonization OF Australia.
Six of the men arrested for completely
IN the plot 10 assassinate the car, which
was TO have been carried out on the 18th
Of March, have been sentenced to death.
The other conspirators have been sentenced
To imp-i .onment for life.
The French Commissary Schnaebeles has
been arrested 10y the German police The
arrest has given cause for great anxiety
as TO its outcome, and the feeling at Paris
is running very high. The French govern
ment is moving very slowly and cautious
" in the matter.
The Jesuit fathers OF Montreal intend TO
fight for the restitution Of their contiscat-
ed tates, and being unable to obtain the
necessary authority from Rome 70 nego-
tiate with the government, they are seek
ing 20 obtain legal status 10y being incor-
porated 10y the legislature. Their claim is
estimated at 100000.
The repeal agitation has been opened
again IN the Nova SCOtlh leglSl azure by
the introduction Of resolutions 10y premier
Fielding setting forth the unsatisfactory
relations OF the province and the domn-
ion. and declaring that unless there is
reform the question OF separation should
be submitted TO the people.
The Canadian government's Chinese I'm
MGR tion bill will allow the admission in
20 Canada OF Chinese wives % British sub
jects without the payment Of the per cap
tia tax of $50 The bill further proposes
TO abolish certificates Of tax payment
Cinnamon who once leave Canada and then
return must in future pay the usual tax
This provision will prevent the fraudulent
transfer Of certificates now going on.
An ice gorge in the st. Lawrence caused
n sudden rise in the river. which flooded
all the low-lying portions Of Montreal In
some places il r, ached a depth OF five or
six feet. The damage to property is enor
nous, and a large amount OF live stock
was drowned. The Nuns island was under
water, and the nuns were compelled TO
lee for their lives in their night clothes.
I'm the poorer portions of the city the SUI
feriny is very great, as everything wa
swept away leaving the people entirely
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